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Gone Away

The Offspring
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro/chorus

(guitar 1)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------|
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------|
E|--------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------|

Then 2nd guitar comes in with this very "meaty" sounding riff (noodles)(guitar 1

carries on with the previous riff)

e|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------|
B|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

guitar 1 lets this note ring......

e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|---3---|
A|---3---|
E|---1---|

...whilst guitar 2 starts this nice sounding solo (solo 1) (Ive found that a

chorus pedal works well with this- but if you dont have one then some reverb

should be fine)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------10---------8--------8-8-10\3-3--3-5----------------------------------|
D|--8-10--------5-6------3-5--------------------3(let ring through verse)--------|
A|-------8----------6--------6---------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

both guitars play the intro/chorus. when Dexter stops singing, guitar two

breaks off and plays the "meaty" riff twice through.

2nd half of the second verse (bridge):

e|------8------6------6-------4-3--------|      e|-----|
B|----6------4------4----6---3----4/6----|      B|-----|
G|--5------5------3--------3-------------|   x2 G|-----|
D|---------------------------------------|      D|--8--|
A|---------------------------------------|      A|--8--|(this note is palm muted
E|---------------------------------------|      E|--6--|  near the end on guitar 1)

This is the whole song- the rest of the song carries on with all these parts

(remember the first part of the chorus is played the same on both guitars-

the "meaty" riff only comes in during the 2nd run through- when he stops singing

and starts doing that little moan thing.)

Now for the bass:

Tuning: E A D G (standard tuning)

Intro/Chorus

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8------------------|
E|------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

Verse

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------3--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8----------------------|
E|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-3-|

Bridge

(same as verse)

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------3--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8----------------------|
E|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-3-|

Ending

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1--|

Im not a bassist so theres probably stacks of room for improvement here, but I

thought this could get you started. I'll add an order of how it is played to try

and make more sense of it:

intro 2x

verse 3x

chorus 4x

verse 4x

chorus 4x

verse and bridge

chorus 2x

verse 2x

chorus and ending

Lyrics:

Verse

Maybe in another life

I could meet you there

Pulled away before your time

I cant deal, its so unfair

Chorus

And it feels

And it feels like

Heavens so far away

And it feels

Yeah it feels like

The world has grown cold

Now that youve gone away

Verse

Leaving flowers on your grave

Show that I still care

But black roses and hail Marys

Can't bring back what's taken from me

Bridge

I reach to the sky

And call out your name

And if I could trade

I would

Chorus

And it feels

And it feels like

Heavens so far away

And it stings

Yeah it stings now

The world is so cold

Now that you've gone away

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